Daisy Danjuma dumps politics

At a time many of her ilk are gearing up for 2015, Senator Daisy Ehanire Danjuma is thinking of quitting the game. If the reports coming from her camp are anything to go by, she has indeed thrown in the towel and bade farewell to the trade that conferred the title of ‘Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’ on her.

It was gathered that her decision to quit politics was predicated on her resolve to address the demands of her businesses. The 61-year-old Benin chief is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO).

The law graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria joined politics in 2003 when she resigned her chairmanship of SAPETRO to contest and later win the seat for Edo South Senatorial District. She lost her bid to return in 2007. She made another attempt to return in 2011 in either Edo her state of origin or Taraba, the home-state of her husband, Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, but also failed to secure the ticket. She has since gone into private business.

Daisy Danjuma began her career as a state counsel in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice (Department of Public Prosecutions) and was a pioneer legal counsel to the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria before working for the investment bank, Nigerian Acceptances Ltd. (NAL). She spent the next decade as Company Secretary/Legal Adviser to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) before she moved into private practice.